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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ownself en · ADV

Etymology

From own + self.

Meanings

  1. (Singlish, not-comparable) On one's own; on one's own initiative; single-handedly.
    • You ownself go and ask her if can or not—if cannot, then bo pian lor.

ownself en · PRON

Etymology

From own + self.

Meanings

  1. (Caribbean, Singlish, Southern-US, especially, regional) (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.
    • You may be ashamed of your ownself, to disturb People at this Time of Night. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
    • Did you paint this your ownself? 2016, John Chan, Singlish Notebook:
    • “Tea Cake ain't been no boy for some time. He's round thirty his ownself.” 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper, published 2013, page 3: